Assistance from Automated ASPECTS Software Improves Reader Performance.

Journal: Journal of stroke and cerebrovascular diseases : the official journal of National Stroke Association
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Abstract

PURPOSE: To compare physicians' ability to read Alberta Stroke Program Early CT Score (ASPECTS) in patients with a large vessel occlusion within 6 hours of symptom onset when assisted by a machine learning-based automatic software tool, compared with their unassisted score.

Authors

  • Philip R Delio
    Department of Neurology, Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital, 219, Nogales Ave., Ste. F., Santa Barbara, CA 93105, United States. Electronic address: prdelio@sbneuro.com.
  • Matthew L Wong
    Department of Emergency Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, 1 Deaconess Rd, Boston, MA 02215, United States.
  • Jenny P Tsai
    Department of Neurological Surgery, Spectrum Health Medical Group, 25 Michigan St, Grand Rapids, MI 49503, United States.
  • H E Hinson
    Department of Neurology and Emergency Medicine, Oregon Health & Science University, 3181 SW Sam Jackson Park Rd, Portland, OR 97239, United States.
  • John McMenamy
    Department of Radiology, New York University School of Medicine, 550 1st Ave, New York, NY 10016, United States.
  • Thang Q Le
    Department of Radiology, University of Washington Medical Center, 1959 NE Pacific Street, Seattle, WA 98195, United States.
  • Divya Prabhu
    Department of Neurology, El Camino Health Specialty Care, 2495 Hospital Dr, Mountain View, CA 94040, United States.
  • Barry S Mann
    Neurology, 20055 Lake Chabot Rd, Castro Valley, CA 94546, United States.
  • Karen Copeland
    Boulder Statistics, 760 Twilight Ln, Steamboat Springs CO 80487, United States.
  • Keith Kwok
    Department of Radiology, Central Valley Imaging Medical Associates, 250 Cherry Lane Ste 116, Manteca, CA 95337, United States.
  • Hafez Haerian
    Department of Radiology, LifeBridge Health, 2401 W. Belvedere Ave., Baltimore, MD 21215, United States.
  • Maarten J Lansberg
    Department of Neurology, Stanford University School of Medicine, 300 Pasteur Drive, Stanford, CA 94305, United States.
  • Jeremy J Heit
    Department of Neuroradiology, Stanford University, 300 Pasteur Drive, Stanford, CA 94305, USA.